Match Yolk
Benjamin Moore Yolk is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 54. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 10-point LRV gap (64 vs 54) makes Confident Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (65 vs 54) makes Flirtatious the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 54 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Buttered Popcorn reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Zinc yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Lemon Punch reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 54 vs 33, Yolk is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 56.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.